Group Facilities Management Director

About the Role

As Group Facilities Management Director at Babcock, you will provide strategic leadership for Facilities Management across a complex global organisation. This is a rare opportunity to influence the future direction of facilities management at enterprise level, leading the development of standards, governance, supplier strategy, and operational excellence across a diverse estate.

Joining us during a pivotal phase of transformation, you will help shape and mature the Facilities Management function, ensuring it delivers safe, effective and sustainable outcomes across defence, aerospace and engineering environments. Your expertise will directly support critical programmes that help protect national security, maintain essential infrastructure, and create long-term value for our customers and communities.

This role is full-time, 37.5 hours per week, and offers hybrid working arrangements at one of our main UK sites including London, Warrington, Bristol, Devonport, Leicester or Rosyth.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading the strategic direction and maturity of the Facilities Management function across the organisation.
• Driving consistency, governance, assurance and performance standards across Hard Facilities Management, Soft Facilities Management, Workplace Services, Compliance and Capital Projects.
• Shaping long-term operating models, supplier strategies and commercial frameworks to maximise value and service delivery.
• Influencing senior stakeholders and providing expert guidance during a significant facilities management transformation programme.
• Ensuring facilities operations maintain the highest standards of safety, compliance, risk management and operational performance.

Essential Experience

• Significant senior leadership experience in facilities management within a complex, multi-site organisation at enterprise or group level.
• Experience working in defence, government, military, infrastructure, engineering or other highly regulated and security-sensitive environments.
• Strong understanding of Hard Facilities Management, Soft Facilities Management, compliance, safety and risk management.
• Demonstrable success in developing operating models, governance frameworks, organisational capability and performance improvement initiatives.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience of supplier management, framework agreements, outsourced service models and performance governance.

Desirable Qualifications

While not specified as essential, the following professional qualifications would be advantageous:

• Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management qualification (IWFM).
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors qualification (RICS).
• Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers qualification (CIBSE).
• IOSH or NEBOSH certification.
• Association for Project Management qualification (APM), Chartered Management Institute qualification (CMI), or equivalent professional accreditation.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) and Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

What We Offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Special paid leave for reservists in the armed forces
• Holiday Trading scheme
• ‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Babcock is a global FTSE 100 organisation committed to building a future that lasts. We are a disability confident committed employer and welcome discussions about flexible working.